![]() However, with the arrival of Pollyanna (1913) and Pollyanna Grows Up (1915) Porter won international acclaim. Miss Billy (1911) was her first commercial success, followed by Miss Billy’s Decision (1912) and Miss Billy Married (1914). Cross Currents (1907) was her first full-length novel to be published, followed by The Turn of the Tide (1908) and The Story of Marco (1911). Her adult novels include The Turn of the Tide (1908), The Road to Understanding (1917), Oh Money! Money! (1918), Dawn (1919), Keith’s Dark Tower (1919), Mary Marie (1920), and Sister Sue (1921). She married John Lyman Porter on and started writing short stories, usually set in New England, which were published in the popular magazines and newspapers of the day including Woman’s Home Companion and Harper’s Weekly. She was trained as a singer but later turned to writing. ![]() Eleanor Porter was born Eleanor Emily Hodgman on 19 December 1868, in Littleton, New Hampshire. ![]()
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